Keith Ashcroft
Born 1977 in St Helens, Merseyside
Lives and works in Salford, Greater Manchester
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Recent Exhibitions
2022 'Cut From Cloth', Solo exhibition, Huddersfield Art Gallery
2020 'Beep Painting Prize 2020', Elysium Gallery, Swansea
2020 'Enough is Definitely Enough', Pineapple Black, Lincoln
2020 'Enough is Definitely Enough', Oceans Apart, Salford
2019 'ALPS', Brunswick Gallery, Leeds
2019 'Two-Fold', Oceans Apart, Salford
2019 'A Little Painting Show', Dead Pigeon Gallery, Liverpool
2019 'A little Painting Show', Oceans Apart, Salford
2019 Contemporary British Painting Prize Exhibition 2018, Menier Gallery, London
2018 Contemporary British Painting Prize Exhibition 2018, Huddersfield Art Gallery
2018 The New English Art Club Annual Exhibition 2018, Mall Galleries, London
2018 The Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize Exhibition 2018, Mall Galleries, London
2018 'Looking Forward', Saul Hay Gallery, Manchester
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Education
2000 - 2003 'Drawlab', St Helens College
1997 - 2000 BA (Hons) Degree Fine Art, Manchester School of Art
1995 - 1997 Btech National Diploma Art & Design, St Helens College
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Awards and Accolades
Special Commendation - Beep Painting Prize 2020
Special Commendation - Contemporary British Painting Prize 2018
Long-listed for the John Moores Painting Prize 2018
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Press
2018 ‘Artist Keith is in the running for prestigious painting prize’, St Helens Star
2018 ‘Salford artist shortlisted for £15,000 national art price’, ABOUT Manchester
2017 ‘Visual Record of Time and Space’, Execute Magazine, USA